Archive for the 'Game Show' Category
Hurl: Episode 1 (series premiere)
“It’s like a good poop.” - Hurl contestant about vomiting
It’s odd that the grossest thing about Hurl isn’t the scenes where the contestants vomit. Or perhaps I should say it’s not the only gross thing about the show (watching other public throw up isn’t one of my favorite pastimes, aft…
Did you get Amne$ia?
Yet another game show premiered final night. that instance, it was NBC’s Amne$ia hosted by Dennis Miller. that show has a similar premise than FOX’s The Moment of Truth: contestants reveal secrets and facts about themselves in order to win money. The main difference amidst the two: Amne$ia doe…
Some Wheel of mis-Fortune - VIDEO
Oh, the humanity! Wheel of Fortune is not all frivolity and fun. Merv Griffin knew what he was doing when he created that venerable game show. Drama, ensues! You think it’s so easy spinning the wheel, buying a vowel, laughing at Pat Sajak’s jokes and ogling Vanna’s gorgeous gait? Well, it’s not. U…
The truth behind The Moment of Truth
FOX’s latest game show The Moment of Truth is not only attracting a lot of viewers but additionally having the latter ask a lot of questions. Is it faked? Are the contestants actors? Are they really telling the truth? After watching the premiere a few weeks ago (I watched two episodes in total), I…
More The Moment of Truth
Even whether the premiere of FOX’s The Moment of Truth was not as poor as I expected it to be, I didn’t watch the following episodes. However, it seemed that ample of you did to warrant the order of more episodes of the intrusive game show.
Friday, the network announced that it had ordered an add…
Is a new Match Game on the way?
Interesting story in The Hollywood Reporter nowadays: Fremantle Media, who owns American Idol, The Price is Right, and a number of popular game shows, is looking to revive Match Game.
That’s right folks: in that era where no section of TV history is left unscathed, everyone’s favorite shag-carpet…
Dennis Miller has Amnesia
When I first heard that Dennis Miller was going to host a game show, I thought to myself “yeah, I covered that already.” But I didn’t know that the show I had written about had already ended and that was a new game show he was going to host.
The preceding one was Grand Slam, the GSN show that pit…
World’s most insane game shows feature nudists, car theft and nipple clamps
For the most part American game shows are pretty tame. Oh certain, we eat a habitable slug once in awhile, and we take a dip into a pool of rattlesnakes on occasion; however, overall, the craziest thing we do is have our halter tops fall off while running down the stage. And, that’s by accident.
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World’s most insane game shows feature nudists, car theft and nipple clamps
For the most part American game shows are pretty tame. Oh certain, we eat a habitable slug once in awhile, and we take a dip into a pool of rattlesnakes on occasion; however, overall, the craziest thing we do is have our halter tops fall off while running down the stage. And, that’s by accident.
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Six worst prizes you can win on The Price Is Right
Jason’s post earlier nowadays about The Price Is Right reminded me of something I’ve been thinking about for years: what are the best and worst prizes you can win on the show?
This is all personal opinion, of course. Where I might frown or shrug at a prize I might win another person will scream a…
The Price is (still) Right for primetime
While CBS pulled Bob Barker up from daytime into the prime day highlight a few times the past few years, they’ve yet to do so since Drew Carey took by as host of The Price is Right that season. But that’s all about to change. For six weeks, starting February 22, CBS is shifting Ghost Whisperer back …
The Moment of Truth premiere reactions
When FOX first announced that it picked up new game show The Moment of Truth, I had my doubts about the show. It seemed too intrusive and risky. When reading Kristin’s article about her instance in one of the show’s promo booths, I got confirmation that the show was mostly heading towards sensatio…
The Moment of Truth booth
On January 23rd, FOX will debut its newest gameshow, The Moment of Truth. On the show, contestants will have to reply 21 increasingly personal questions honestly (as determined by a polygraph) to win $500,000. Now, that’s a lot of cash, but is it worth revealing your deepest feelings on national t…
The Price is Right — three months later
About three months ago — October 15th, 2007, to be exact — the face of daytime television changed, and some say not good. It was the day that the first Drew Carey-hosted The Price is Right aired on CBS’ daytime schedule. Reviews of that first performance (which was actually the seventh show ta…
Japanese man gets $10,000 for being a bare prisoner for a year
Those Japanese certain can innovate when it comes to TV. A new television show from Japan has a Japanese man sitting bare in a room for a year while being recorded.
He was locked in an apartment with no food, furniture, household goods or entertainment. He was needed to write postcards to con…
What popular board game is making the transition to TV in 2008?
For the pink tile … it’s Trivial Pursuit! The final trivia challenge finally makes the leap to the television airwaves. The upcoming syndicated Trivial Pursuit: America Plays has cleared 55% of the nation, including eight of the top 10 markets. What that means to you and me is it’s virtually a…
Auditions for the next So You Think You Can Dance to start in January
So You Think You Can Dance — that other dance show — is looking for the America’s next Favorite Dancer. Starting in January, producers will stop in six cities to find dancers for the fourth season of the show.
The search will start on January 17th in Dallas, Texas. They will soon after trav…
Here are your 2008 American Gladiator contenders
I am not ashamed to say that I was a fan of the original American Gladiators back in its heyday of the late 80’s and early 90’s. So, I’m pretty excited that NBC is airing a new version of the program shortly after the new year begins. Granted, that excitement may fade very quickly whether the pr…
Dennis Miller to Host ‘GRAND SLAM’ for GSN
Dennis Miller, best known for his long stint on “Saturday Night Live,” and currently host of the nationally syndicated Westwood One Radio talk show “The Dennis Miller Show,” has been named as host of GSN’s new original prime time series GRAND SLAM. GRAND SLAM is an eight episode head-to-head sin…
